scholarly journals Community psychiatry in the United States 50 years after the Community Mental Health Centers Act

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H. Goldman ◽  
M. Tansella
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Community Mental Health Centers ◽  
Mental Health Centers

Innovation in Mental Health Policy; Community Mental Health in the United States of America, 1965–1980

1983 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J Smith
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Reagan Administration ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Centers

The Community Méntal Health Centers (CMHC) legislation in the early 1960s was the first real attempt at a national mental health policy in the United States of America. Federal funding was made available for the establishment of 1500 centers across the country. The goal was to provide access to quality mental health care for all US citizens by 1980. As a result of prolonged criticisms, the legislation was repealed by the incoming Reagan Administration in the early 1980s, In this paper, the twenty-year lifespan of this ‘innovation’ in mental health policy is reviewed and an evaluation of some of its most pervasive criticisms are presented.

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